Improvement in shovels



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.,

JOHN GRAVES, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGrNOB,l TO ROBERT SEAMAN S ANDHENRY W.' SHEPARD. A l

lIMPROVEMENT IN SHOVELS.

Speciication forming part of Letters VPatent No. 182,068, datedSeptember 12, 1876; application led August 1`1, 1876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN GRAVES, of the city, county, and State ot' NewYork, have invented an Improved Shovel, ot' which the following is afull, clear, and exact description, reference being had to theaccompanying' drawing, and the letters of reference marked thereon,making part of thisspecication, in whichy Figure4 l is a top plan view.Fig. 2 is a vertical section on the line m a', Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a planview of the blank.

The object of my present invention is to construct a tire-shovel out ofa single piece of l sheet metal.

The nature of my invention consists in striking up or stamping out ofasingle piece of sheet metal a tire-shovel, the handle of which extendsimmediately from the plane or plate of the body of the shovel, thesurplus stock which the contracting of the rim at its rearsurfaceffurnishes being worked up in imparting to the handle a halfround or semicircu lar form, and which form gives great stiffness andstrength to the handle, bracing it, as it were, in connection with therim, at the point where the greatest strain is to be borne, and.

consequently where the required.

The construction and operation' of my invention are as follows: A blankof the form shown at A, Fig. 3, is cut from a sheet of any suitablemetal. Out-of this blank piece is struck up or stamped a shovel, such asis shown in Fig. 1, the body, consisting of the plate B and rim O, andthe handle D al1' being formed of a single piece of metal. The handle D,as will be seen by reference to the greatest strength is drawings,extends directly from the rear section of the plate B, and is incross-section of the form shown in Fig. 2. In forming the rear sectionofthe rim O there is surplus metal. I utilize this excess of metal inthrowing up a handle of the form shown, and which half round orsemicircular form,'taken in connec-v tion with the fact that the handleproceeds immediately from the blade B, and is, as it were, braced for aconsiderable distance or to the depth of the rim by said rim, as shownat C', Fig. l, Iusecure an exceedingly strong and stifle attachment,rendering the handle far more permanently secured than is possible inthose shovels in which the handle extends from the top of the rim.

By my invention iron as cheap as is known to the trade-as grade No.22-can be used.

The upper or cylindrical section ot' the handle is provided with aseries of perforations,

d d, which serve to keep the handle cool, and which is a greatconvenience in handling.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of theUnited States, is-

l As a new article of manufacture, a fireshovel constructed out of asingle piece of metal, having its handle projecting directly from theblade, and the excess of metal left in forming the rim being worked upto impart a half round or semcircular form to the handle at its pointot' union with `the blade, substantially as described;

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signedmy name to this`specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN GRAVES.

